Sekhm stood there.
Looking at his fist.
The leader of the creatures collapsed lifeless onto the ground.
"Tch- boring fucking bastard"
Sekhm stated, his face twisted in annoyance and displeasure.
Yozrasef sighed inwardly seeing him saying that.
'you are just ridiculously fucking strong'
Yozrasef thought internally.
Yozrasef dashed forward, hiding himself among the piled corpses of the naunets.
The metallic scent of the purple blood and their fishy skin scent filled yozrasef's nostrils.
His face twisted in disgust at first but over time he got used to it.
Sweeping his gaze across the battlefield, yozrasef noticed something.
The creatures were converging on a single point.
Realization dawned upon him.
'they are retreating!'
Yozrasef exclaimed at that.
The numbers of the human troops outnumbered the naunets; the archer troops of the nanunt made it nearly impossible for the humans even to focus on their battles.
the two current leaders have been observing the entire chaos.
They watched in silence as their leader's body fall on the ground lifelessly with its torso cleaved in.
A low menacing hiss escaped them-unified even.
Their hiss echoed into the distance which attracted the attention of the battlefield.
The archers aimed their bow at the human warriors and pulled their strings.
the blazing arrows danced through the darkness, illuminating the land with fury and chaos.
Falling like pouring rain of fire on the human warriors—did their rapid attack cause any difference?
Obviously no.
Yozrasef ducked and rolled through the blood-soaked ground.
Evading the arrows of fire as it grazed his body, the purple blood of the monsters mixed with blood of the humans soaked his body but growing used to that, he straightened his back, yozrasef shot a glance to his the battlefield again.
Yozrasef earlier deduction of them turned into a reality but not only that.
the naunets are retreating.
Yozrasef evaded the incoming arrows of fire once again but his gaze was locked on the ever-changing battlefield.
The two naunets leaders decided to jump in the battle.
but from what yozrasef has seen, apparently the two naunets leaders are attempting to buy time for their soldiers to retreat from their battle.
The two naunets leaders leapt forward.
The land trembled snd cracked beneath their charging feet.
Their body started to radaite heat like burning furnaces.
Yozrasef witnessed that sight, trying to see who and where they are attacking and he understood immediately.
'sekhm'
Yozrasef said inwardly.
then immediately in a the flash of second, they appeared in front of him.
But was sekhm uprepared? Obviously, no.
Sekhm's body was radiating the same steam and intensity as before.
his veins were bulging with vitality and blood.
His laugh indicated his delight and excitement of how the battlefield was unfolding.
"Oh-hoh- im quite flattered, attacking me out of all warriors here-"
Lowering his head, feigning embarrassment.
Sekhm's face darkened, grin split his face.
But you could see his yellow fangs and his glowing brown eyes.
"I will make sure to give you-the fun you crave-"
Yozraeef witnessed that sight and chill ran down his spine in awe.
'to not even get scared or even hesitate on what to do in the face of danger!-'
Yozrasef thought to himself, admiring sekhm's resolve,
But soon his trail of thought was caught by the approaching naunet leaders.
Their speed was out of this world.
Just like the speed of the previous leader, their body blurred and it was hard for yozrasef to see their body movement.
The aftermath of their charge could explain what happened to yozrasef.
One of them reached sekhm.
Sekhm's fist was already stretched in welcoming manner for the creature.
The fist was about to slam on the creatures throat.
But witnessing the sight of the incoming fist, the creature's slitted golden eyes glew in golden hue.
The creature leaned its upper-body backwards, evading the fist.
Wrapping it's two hands on the extended arm, clutching its legs on sekhm's neck.
In chockhold, the creature trapped sekhm.
Sekhm braced himself, not falling on the ground no matter how much the creature tried, to twist his neck backwards.
Sekhm planted his right foot backwards, his left foot dug tightly in the rockish-land.
Even breathless his monstrous body kept moving regardless.
"not even death can save you from my wrath!"
Sekhm stated in low furious-growl.
Raising his trapped hand in the air, lifting the creature in the air.
Sekhm attempted to slam the creature on the ground.
Yozrasef's expressionless face kept flickered with awe and admiration while Hiding among the dead corpses of the enemy.
' how is he able to do all of that?'
Thought to himslef again, but this time, his admiration towards sekhm is turning into a respect.
But again his thoughts were caught off.
The second naunet leader was still catching up with other leader but this time, it raised its speed.
Yozrasef was trying to keep up and trying to deducing what it was aiming for.
The creature lowered its upper body, pulling both of its hands backwards while charging, the hand twitched in the air and soon the empty hand now held double edged sword from the laying corpse of its comrade.
'this-' yozrasef understood what was about to happen.
Panicking, he tried to look for someone to help sekhm but he couldn't.
'i cant let him die, my chances of surviving would disappear-'
Yozrasef looked at the spear he held with his left hand, sweat pouring down on his forehad.
'fuck..fuck..—this-'
Yozrasef's panic surged high.
Taking a deep— shaky breath, he wrapped the chains of his left hand on the spear's wooden shaft.
Locking the chains with the shackle at the end, now the spear was connected to yozrasef.
'i cant let the variable of my survival go to waste cause of green-freak'
Yozrasef thought to himself, charging his resolve.
'im not dead yet—that means there is still hope'
Yozrasef gripped on the spear shaft firmly.
Raising his left hand, he took a deep breath.
Then extended his left hand with all he got of strength and throwing the spear.
Clutching sekhm, the naunet leader hissed in delight as its comrade drew near, but soon that delight died.
Sekhm slammed the creature on the ground, causing the ground to crack.
With a pounding fury, sekhm slammed the creature on the ground but with more power and more resolve, the ground cratered.
Again, sekhm slammed the creature on the ground with more power, the ground cleaved in.
The scales of these creatures is tough.
The reptilian leader voiced low hiss in pain, spitting purple blood.
It turned its face towards its companion.
The companion was dead.
Its body was laying as dead corpse with deep wound on its skull.
The reptilian leader slitted golden eyes dilated in shock and fury.
Voicing a loud heart trenching screech, it turned its head left and right as it was being slammed on the ground once again.
Through the cloud of dust that was made, its glowing eyes was locked on the figure behind cloud of dust.
The crimson glowing eyes.
The pale white skin.
The small body.
The slitted black hair from the middle with mixed shade of red.
Holding the spear which dripped with purple blood.
A low screech escaped its mouth as its saying to yozrasef 'its you-' in menacing dramatic screech.
Yozrasef froze in his place, he knew he messed up.
But still he charged his resolve.
'emotions clouds judgement whether its anger or what that creature has for me-..i will survive'
At that moment, yozrasef decided to ready his spear once again.
Sekhm was losing breath the more he pounded the snake like creature.
Yozrasef stretched his left hand raising it high.
With all the strength he could muster, he threw the spear.
The creature wondered why that human threw the spear in higher angle.
Simultaneously, sekhm lefted the creature up once again.
Soon realization dawned upon the creature.
The spear sliced its way through the clear cloud of dust, towards the naunet.
The creature witnessing that sight, its slitted eyes once again glew, this time it glew menaceingly.
Releasing its leg from the chock-hold, Simultaneously it stretched its leg forward, kicking sekhm in his jawline.
The kick caused sekhm to stagger backwards as the creature landed on the ground evading the spear.
Upon that, yozrasef immediately pulled the spear back to his left hand by the chains.
Yozrasef shot a quick glance to the kneeling sekhm, catching his breath.
Again, Sekhm stood on his two feet, shooting a glance back to yozrasef.
Cracking his neck, his body didnt stop radiating the same heat.
"Well—thanks for the save, little guy"
Sekhm stated, his voice didnt carry any tone of sarcasm.
'If it werent for him, i would be dead'
Sekhm thought to himself, feeling thankful.
'well he is not mindless piece of junk meat after all'
Yozrasef thought to himself.
The creature's slitted eyes glew with fury through the clearing cloud of dust.
Through the clearing cloud of dust, the creature emerged.
The creature lunged forward towards yozrasef.
The creature's feet caused the ground to tremble, dust of cloud rose from its footsteps.
Witnessing that sight, sweat ran down yozrasef's forhead.
His head throbbing with thoughts and plans, then he decided.
'head on clash!'
Yozrasef leapt of the ground, charging straight at the incoming creature.
Sekhm and the creature were confused.
'what is that guy thinking?- dont tell me- a head on clash-'
Sekhm was stunned and it was visible on his face.
"This guy is nuts!"
Sekhm couldn't help it but to find this scene funny and he started laughing.
The creature too, was stunned by the behavior— it was more insulted.
The reptilian felt as if its being mocked.
It voiced its anger through another heart trenching screech as it speed up its charge.
In the flash of light, the creature appeared right away in front of the charging yozrasef.
But was yozrasef alone? No.
Sekhm was right behind it.
3 meters away.
He was charging from the other side.
The creature started to calculate.
If the creature attacks yozrasef, the creature's back will be exposed.
If he takes a step back, it will be 2 on 1 clash.
Brute brainless human and tiny human with a brain verse an ancient creature.
The creature felt burdened, it was indeed a dilema.
But soon enough it realized its death is on doorsteps.
At this point, the creature took a step back, darting to the left, evading the charging yozrasef.
The creature straightened its back, shooting a glance on its peers.
Yozrasef and sekhm startled by the sudden change of behaviour.
They stopped in their footsteps and glanced at where the creature was looking.
'i knew it, they were buying time for their comrades to leave'
Yozrasef thought to himself.
But the creature obviously isnot gonna accept dog's death for its death.
it must die while killing someone.
The creature shot a glance back towards yozrasef direction, reverting its gaze back to him from its peers.
The creature leaped forward right away, charging at yozrasef direction.
But yozrasef felt something weird, even sekhm did too.
The creature wasnt looking at him.
The creature charged passed yozrasef, after kicking him with its tail, moving him aside.
Raising his two hands in defensive stance he blocked the attack with his chains but the force behind the kick, sent him staggering and falling on the ground.
"Tch- small guy"
Sekhm said mockingly but his gaze was fixed on the creature.
Yozrasef groaning in pain, his eyes was still on the back of the creature.
His gaze followed the direction of where the monster is headed too.
He saw it, the blindfolded girl who was dodging the mutltiple of arrows that were on her.
Behind the girl was piled up corpses of naunets.
Yozrasef understood that this creature was taking revange by taking out the one who killed most of its comrades.
Yozrasef was about to go after the creature but sekhm held him firmly from his shoulders, tilting his head left and right, signling to him to wait and watch.
Yozrasef still, he didnt understand.
But soon he did.
The creature reached the girl.
The blindfolded girl gracefully landed on the ground after dodging the fire arrows that were flying towards her effortlessly.
Her chin raised up, her nose twitched while smelling the air.
Blood, burning flesh, metal, sweat scents filled the air but among all of these scents, the girl knew how to locate enemies.
Smelling the metalic skin scent of the creature, her body started to radiate heat and steam rose from her body.
Immediately her sword vibrated in response to the heat that is radiating from her as well.
Upon that, her feet kicked off the ground in the direction of the charging reptilian leader.
The blindfolded girl charged with incomprehensible speed.
The ground cracked under the pressure of her legs.
The purple blood on her sword gleamed under the torches light and the burning corpses of the reptiliains.
The sword resonated with air pressure of the charge making clicking metallic sound as the girl charged passing the reptilian.
Yozrasef couldn't comprehend what he saw later, the reptilian leader's body fell on the ground in Pieces.
But what yozrasef couldn't see was the movement of her sword.
Her sword blurred as it slashed deep into the vital points of the creature.
Not just the vital points, it cut deeper enough to cut the entirety of its body down.
The battlefield fell in silence witnessing that scene.
Yozrasef was struck by astonishment and awe, he really didnt know what to say.
To him fightnng blindfolded sound like crazy thing to do but to his clueless self, the girl is actually blind.
He couldn't understand that she was fighting using her raw instinct and her other senses.
Witnessing that, sekhm started laughing that while hitting yozrasef on his back.
"I told you—even though that girl is blind—blind!!?can you belive that!?ha!!"
Sekhm voiced ahearty laugh.
Yozrasef admired her.
'Being with disability and still fighting through these dangerous situations— she is admirable'
Thought inwardly on how strong the blindfolded girl is and how strong of will she has, he respected her.
Yozrasef stopped paying attention to sekhm as he laughed and kept talking, he was now observing the entirety of the battlefield.
Scanning the chaos, yozrasef started to calculate the whole battlefield.
The human side lost a few strong warriors but on the other hand, the monsters lost alot.
From counting the present people here.
75human warriors
50 nanunet warriors.
The human warriors were charging straight towards the retreating monsters.
Among those warriors, was the expressionless guy- with the hollow eyes.
Sekhm looked at the entirety of the battlefield and leaned over to yozrasef.
"That guy- he is void- well thats what i call him"
Yozrasef was confused for second.
"Are you walking around naming people—however you like?"
Yozrasef asked.
" Well, it makes things easier, little guy—"
Sekhm said in unserious tone.
Yozrasef was bewildered by his response but it was predictable.
Then once again something caught yozrasef's attention
void's feet was blurring as he lunged forward into the flank of the retreating troops.
His right hand-sword extended forward like a spear, stabbing the first creature in the back of its head.
With ruthless precision, he slashed with his blade sidways through the stabbed wound, slicing the neck horizontally severing the neck and clipped the leg of another running creature.
Upon the stumbling of the creature, it fell on the ground with a sword driving through its skull.
But dark steam was rising out of void's body which intrigued yozrasef.
"Sekhm—can you tell me what that steam and heat that you guys radiate from your body?"
Sekhm who was talking already was caught in the middle of his never ending speech.
" you- you werent even list-"
Yozrasef turned his head cluelessly with his Expressionless facade which made sekhm visibly confused.
"Uhh—this is energy—well technically its called aether—wait you dont know what that energy is?—how did you even get here?"
Sekhm bombarded yozrasef was questions but the other guy wasnt paying attention.
" this guy is nuts—" sekhm stated honestly.
'energy?—That reminds the light orb and the torch that appeared in my dreams-'
Yozrasef caught in the midset of his trail of thoughts by what he witnessed later.
The other guy with brown hair and emerald eyes
Noticing where yozrasef is looking, sekhm spoke
"This is person is called brownie- well thats what i call him"
Yozrasef rolled his eyes in response to him.
Brownie was lunging left snd right, his two sword held in crossed,
The swords would blur and twitch with every motion.
Wherever he lunged for, the monsters would collapse on the ground- heads rolling on the ground, purple blood gushing out like a fountain.
Wherever he lunged for his footsteps would leave trail of green steam mixed with heat-like energy and fury which his body radiates.
Yozrasef's gaze was obsecured by another figure.
Peh was kneeling down, holding his bow firmly with unwavering focus.
Everytime yozrasef blinked, 4 wind-like arrows would tore through the air as peh let the string of the bow.
The arrows would drive through obstacles, striking their obstacles with deadly precision.
In the blink of an eye, a whole group of 10 running naunets collapsed on the ground—each had a hole in their chest or hole in their skull.
Many others stood out like those three.
While yozrasef's gaze darted across the battlefield, a ripple stirred in the darkness of the ceiling—a ripple, barely visible, like oil on water
Sudden heat invaded the senses of everyone on the battlefield.
Crushing pressure thickened in the air.
During that, the archers stopped their attacks and every soldier stopped their movement— except for the remaining retreating soldiers.
Yozrasef feet trembled beneath the invisible weight.
' what—is happening!?! '
Yozrasef asked inwardly.
His back bended over forcing him to get on his knees.
Turned his head towards the others—none seemed harmed, but each wore a grim face, even sekhm's.
Sekhm noticed how yozrasef is trying to force his way up, he smirked.
'Yeah struggle, thats how you should do— to handle life in this hell—'
Sekhm thought inwardly
'—but you wont handle life here that way—so here is alittle push for the little guy'
Sekhm placed a firm hand on yozrasef head gently—something began to shift.
Sekhm pushed his energy towards yozrasef.
He shared his energy with yozrasef—engulfing his entire body.
Yozrasef felt a new sensation, the foreign heat that he felt earlier disappeared along the pressure he felt.
Yozrasef was still breathless, he shot a glance towards sekhm.
The later was smirking as usual, yozrasef noded at him a thankful nod—
' he is —a brute but thoughtful—'
Yozrasef thought inwardly while breathing heavily.
Yozrasef got up from kneeling slowly, his legs were still trembling.
Standing on his feet, he felt his vitality and Strength slowly returning.
Through the rippling darkness of the ceiling, an entity descended the space making his entrance.
He was a naunet.
But something about that creature particularly made him stand out.
his entire presence felt ancient and alien, like a calamity.
The energy wave around his body was like a flame.
smokeless flame of energy like wave radiates from his body.
Brown skin color with dark scales that covered his vital spots.
White clothe knitted with gold covered his private areas.
The entity stood at 9 feet height with muscular frame.
Black hollow eyes with white glint of murdering gaze, his gaze sweeped the land in judgemetal manner.
His elongated jaws with slitted tongue slurping out of his mouth.
'lizard with human body? — why am i even bothered to judge?—'
Yozrasef sighed inwardly while thinking but soon those trail of thoughts were cut when another presence made it out of the darkness.
Kheru descended from the sea of darkness of the ceiling.
Her energy wave enveloped the entire place, fending off the energy wave of the naunet.
In response to that, the creature turned his soulless eyes towards her.
Both of them floating in the opposite side of each other.
Everyone on the battlefield felt the tension between them.
'Even without unsheathing her sword—just by her presence, she is absolute powerhouse—'
Yozrasef stared at kheru in awe.
Feeling his gaze, kheru shot a glance towards him, questioning that gaze on her.
Thats when the creature shot glance over to yozrasef.
At that moment yozrasef, blood pressure surged yet his expressionless facade hid it well.
The creature for some reason smirked at the sweat that is pouring down yozrasef's forhead.
"— you have an interesting fellow on your side, kheru—"
The creature spoke in human tongue.
With every word it uttered a hiss would escape its mouth.
Yozrasef was visibly stunned, his expressionless facade cracked.
'Up until now— i thought they were speaking by voicing screeches — apparently they have some intellectual beings among their ranks—'
Yozrasef thought inwardly, he wasnt the only one that was visibly shocked.
Everyone on the battlefield except for the enemy soldiers and kheru were shocked.
"—is he? I think you are the most interesting one here"
Kheru turned her gleaming purple eyes towards the unbothered lizard.
"Ehh— aren't we old enough to quit these third rated conversations?"
The lizard spoke in unserious tone bothered by the sharp tongue of kheru.
The lizard slitted hollow and soulless eyes turned towards its forces then something peculiar occurred in the battlefield.
His energy wavelengths, blurred and spiralled out of the bottom of his floating feet, engulfing his forces.
Like scorching fire engulfing enemies, the smokeless flame like energy engulfed the entirety of naunets like a tidal wave crashing arcoss the battlefield.
Yozrasef's crimson eyes blinked and within that blink, the army of naunets disappeared.
Everyone on the battlefield including kheru tensed up.
They all felt it except for yozrssef who froze in fear and awe by the display of power.
They felt that this wasnt the energy of aether they knew.
It was something deeper and more cruel.
It would be more accurate to call it chaotic.
Feeling the overwhelming atmosphere the lizard has caused, its spoke.
"Relax— we all will have plenty of fights— but not today—"
The lizard stated, his voice echoed far into the distance, his gaze diverted between each being on the battlefield but locked on yozrasef— only him.
"— something about those eyes— those crimson eyes— trigger instincts—"
The lizard muttered under his breath.
Yozrasef feeling the sinister gaze and words pointing towards him, shiver ran down his spine.
Sweat poured down to his eyebrows just by the soulless slitted gaze.
It was as if that lizard was reading him and studying him which made him feel fear.
"But not now— that will be for later—ha!"
The lizard stated with ugly smirk, revealing its yellow fangs while laughing, something about that lizard made yozrasef felt that this lizard is abnormal one—almost ancient— and he was right.
The whole battlefield shooked under the statement of that lizard.
Sekhm stepped forward, his presence was heavy enough to draw kheru's attention towards him.
Even yozrasef wondered what is he up to — but he felt the burdensome gaze lighten abit.
" tch!—talkative lizard is dead lizard!" sekhm stated in ferocious tone of voice which is mixed with a low growl.
Hearing that kheru smirked in response to his statement.
'Yeah a talkative lizard is a dead lizard'
Kheru thought while laughing inwardly.
Everyone's on the battlefield all had different impression towards his behavior but they all agreed to his statement.
'Crazy!'
'Stupid meat head trying to look cool without us'
'Tell him that! Ha!'
'Why is he defending that tiny lad?— is that meat head growing soft? —'
Most nodded.
Most wondered about his behaviour but agreed regardless.
But the blindfolded girl turned her face towards yozrasef direction, her nose twitched while standing there, cluelessly.
"humans!... always have that otherworldly hope —they call determination, right?—yall are truly God's favourite creation—"
Lizard stated, his tone carried arrogance in it.
"But im afraid we will continue this later —"
With that line, the lizard's evaporated within its own smokeless fire.
Yozrasef stood there, feeling the pressure in th atmosphere fading
As the suffocating preasure lifted, his limbs gave out beneath him, sekjhm retrieved the energy he had shared with him.
The weight he had been carrying —fear, power, tension, all collapsed at once.
He fell on his knees while, he had kept the ache of spent strength bottled up for too long.
Sekhm's gaze turned towards the fatigued yozrasef.
" well you —sure do Know how to attract people with that bloody eyes! Ha! "
Sekhm stated in playful tone.
His fierce gaze faded slowly as he glanced over yozrasef.
" im learning from you with your monstrous body frame—"
Yozrasef stated and the atmosphere turned from chaotic massacre to unserious chattering.
Some snorted at yozrasef's reply.
Some sneered watching him make fun of sekhm.
Some ignored the situation entirely.
Kheru was still floating in the air, her gaze was on sekhm and yozrasef while watching them bicker with each-other.
Kheru smirked, she found the situation amusing.
" alright— "
kheru spoke, her loud stoic voice attracted everyone
"the ones who has enough strength to walk around, will help retrieve and bury the corpses of our fallen comrades.
Those who are tired can rest in the caves and eat their meals."
Kheru stated, her voice was loud and clear for everyone.
Everyone moved right away, following her orders.
Most went to their caves and most digged for the corpses of the fallen warriors among the piles of monster–corpses.
Kheru landed on the ground gracefully, she approached sekhm who was once stood fearlessly with gaze full of fury to the talking–lizard, now, talking non-stop to the fatigued yozrasef.
Her gaze locked on sekhm and the later froze mid—sentence
"—dont worry little guy, i will crush—uhhh okay—fine dont be that intimidating —"
Sekhm stated while picking his ears as he walked away.
Just from her gaze, he understood that she telling him to stop chatting and get carried with his task.
Her gaze darted all over the once lively and chaotic—loud battlefield, now desolate —depressing wasteland that is haunted by the smell of death.
The smell of flesh is rottening, the metallic smell of blood and the metallic scent of the naunets' skin filled the battlefield.
Yozrasef felt her crushing presence as the silence dawned between them.
Kheru turned her gaze towards him in silence, observing him.
'How someone who is human—like is here in this place?'
Kheru thought inwardly, her thought was honest.
'He is indeed interesting — to survive this intense atmosphere'.
Her purple eyes flickered with interest as she observed him for a few seconds more before Reverting her gaze back towards sekhm.
Yozrasef laid-back on the ground, he couldnt move or lift a finger.
The world spun around him, even thinking felt exhausting.
He has wasted alot of mental strength on this battle.
His vision blurring and his eyeslids shutting down.
After seconds, yozrasef fell in deep slumber.
During that,
Sekhm was helping the soldiers retrieve and bury the bodies of the soldiers.
After burying the dead soldiers, sekhm and the rest of warriors started to pray to their fallen comrades.
Sekhm stood at the front, the rest of the warriors lined behind him.
He kneeled on his knees prostrating to his forhead, then he stood, then prostrated again then he stood at the end.
All were following his movement.
After ending the prayer, he spoke.
'O lions of kemet, may your soul reach the eternal light.
May his eternal light embrace you at the end of your path.'
Sekhm's prayer resonated with everyone present on the land.
His voice echoed with a humming prayer tone as everyone repeated after him.
Their voices vibrated in the air like tidal of wave washing on everyone.
Even the tired soldiers felt their soul prostrate whenever the eternal light gets mentioned.